Familiar Wife (2018)

I'm currently watching this because I wanted to lighten the mood as I watch Save Me. I chose this genre because I really love Go Back Couple, and Familiar Wife is listed in the recommendations. I think I set a high expectation on Familiar Wife because of the warm feeling GBC gave me. I'm really into family dramas that promote strengthening of family ties. Of course I will always root for Seo Woo Jin as she is the original wife, however I feel uncomfortable in Joo Hyuk's second life. Technically, in his second life, it is Hye Won he must be loyal to. The travelling back in time made everything different. I have nothing against Joo Hyuk, actually I like it when his character develops and realizes his mistakes, but I do not like the situation he is in the second life. The story makes Woo Jin a mistress, in that sense. Some might say that even Hye Won seems to be adulterous because she is falling for the college guy, however, we didn't have a clear background of who Hye Won is in Joo Hyuk's first life.
But let's see, I'm still at episode 7. I'm soo confused right now, like I feel it's not right.
I'll be back editing this if things go smoothly and will give me a major turn of events.

Update 1: I finished until episode 8. I must say, the difference between GBC and Familiar Wife is the time capsule element. In GBC, the main goal is to revisit and rekindle the memories that bonded the couple, that is why both Husband and Wife returned in time with their memories. It aimed to let the couple realize where and when did things go wrong and fix it from there. By the half of GBC, you could sense that the time travelling miracle happened in order for the wife and the husband to get back on their life as a couple.
In Familiar Wife, it is only the husband who retained the memories, while giving the wife little hints to have the familiar feeling towards her husband. By episode 8, I could sense that it is the wife who really loved the husband. The reason maybe that only the husband has his old memories is to teach the husband the importance of his wife. As I observed, never did the 1st wife mention to her husband about divorce, meaning the wife still believes in their marriage. Therefore, the back in time miracle is really for the husband. Sadly, it seems hard for the husband to go back in time again and make everything as it is in the original.

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Watch it for the comedic element and the actors (the romance part sucks so far)

In the original timeline, the FL was had to job, juggle it with managing the household, and taking care of the kids. Something that's pretty common in Asian culture and has been glorified when all it means is putting the majority burden on one person in the married duo dynamics. (Have seen many married women, some my friends other relatives do this for their husbands and there is always resentment present in such dynamics) That's one dimension of the FL. The other part was her being non-communicative and physically abusive to her husband.

The ML was so absorbed with his own life & job that he forgot that he was married to a women he loved (Similarly, the FL was so absorbed with all that she had to do, she stopped caring about the person she loved) We have no idea when the neglect started but it was mutual. They both dropped the ball in their relationship.
=>As I watched the Drama, I kept taking sides, in episode 1 I did not like the way the FL didn't give him any privacy. Throwing the crab bone at him to the point that he bled. Going full on crazy. That sucked. And that poor game console, what an overreaction. She didn't even give him time to tell her that he was in an accident.
=>At the same time in episode 1, it was easy to see that the FL took on the majority of the weight of their relationship. The kids they both had, but only one had to look after all the time. Her job was clearly more expendable then his. He failed to communicate just as much as her.

If put in her shoes, would you really be able to accept that your husband hated you so much that when he had the chance, he dumped you and got together with his first love? I certainly wouldn't. Kudos to the FL for being the mature one and realizing that they were both at fault here.

Oh we have Oh My Ghost cameos, as if Seon Woo wasn't enough of a treat, even Park Bo Young appeared as an actress in the movie that the ML was watching at the theatre. At least I think that it was really Park Bo Young on screen.

Okay. After all that, I didn't think that I would like them getting back together. But you gotta admit that they look great together and have a lot of fun as well. A majority of that is the credit to the actors playing the leads, they had good chemistry, whether they were fighting or enjoying each others company.

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